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RELIGIOUS  REVIVAL  AND 
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SOCI.M.    SKRVICi:    WD    KV ANT.FI.ISM, 

Tin.   PRKSUVTKRI.W    CmRCll    IN    CANADA. 

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Christ's  F.xaniple 

I'.xaniplcs  from   HistiT) 

Our    Duty 

\\  ho  is  My   Xcighlvr; 

A  I'raciical  Gospel 

Providing  New    Iiitt-rests  in    Life 

The  Question  of  I''.n\  ironiiunt 

Adequate    Rcnuincration 

Financial   Investment 

'l"he  Claims  of  the  Rich 

Personal  C(niversion 

Personal  Conversion  is  foi    Service 

Social   Service  Leagues 

The  Care  of  the   Bod\ 

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Christ's  Test  nf  Disci plrship 

More  knoulcdL'c  ni.  aiul  IdX'c  for  Lhri.-t  means 
c< intern  for  those  whom  lie  -^o  loveii.  That  is 
involved  In  beliiL'  a  Christ  one.  "''I'he  Son  of 
Man  came  not  to  lie  ministered  unlo,  but  to 
minisler."  He  looked  out  on  the  rnultiludc  and 
was  moved  with  compassion,  and  thai  com- 
passion expressed  itself  in  service.  I'he  wear> 
We  made  comfortable;  tlie  luint;r>-  He  fed:  the 
:~ick  He  healed;  to  the  troubled  and  anxiou-  one^ 
He  brought  peace;  lo  the  sorely  tempted  He 
imparted  strength.  I'o  those  who  would  follow 
Him.  He  says.  "By  this  shall  all  men  know- 
that  ye  are  My  Disciples,  if  ye  have  love  one  tf) 
another."  If  we  arc  ^'ood,  we  must  be  good  for 
something,  and  good  to  somebody.  Christ's 
test  of  discipleship  forbids  the  strong  to  pre>-  c*n 
the  weak,  the  few  to  plunder  the  many,  or  the 
main-  the  few;  it  means  that  justice  and  merc\ 
must  be  loved  and  practised,  and  that  men  must 
I'.ot  live  heedless  of  their  feliowmen. 


in 


Ri'lr.i'ius 


M,:i:ii!  and  S"i  ui!  HetU-nnen: 


Christ's  Example 

In    ^tudvint:   the   rccor 


Js  of  our   Master's   lite 


uc  at  oiue  sc 
ibout  tin-  \\ 


how   intenst 


Iv  concerned  He  was 


hole  life  of  the  people  with  whom  He 


l,ad  to  deal.      I  Ic  T^'"  ^  P^eat  deal  of  His  valua 


lime  and  strength   in  concern 


bU 
for  the  bodily  iH'^ 


)f  men. 


I 


H( 


stands  ou 


I  as  the  ^'reat  spu  it- 


men.  I   riK-,    IK.     ,>iaii<a.^  ■'"-  III 

K  d  ddI^.•rerof  all  generations,  but  He  also  came 
,;,  His  .,wn  time  a^  a  great  physician  and  as  a 
social  reformer.      He  had  an  ear  open  for  ev.r> 
wail  c,f  sorrow,  a  heart  ready  to  ^<:X':f\W   Z\Z 
.necies  of  need.      Although  we   nghtfulK    regaru 
Him  as  especially  the  Redeemer  of  the  soul    >e 
n^    one  can   read  the  .tory  of   His  life  without 
i::;.ling  that  He  was  as  emphaticallv  the  Saviour 
of  the  bodv.     He  taught  the  people;  but   while 
aching  He  did  not  neglect  to  n.ultiply  the  oaves 
and  tishes  in  order  to  satisfy  the  hunger  of  th< 
c row        So    it    was    all    through    His    mimstrv. 
The  peculiar  need  of  the  shrinking  woman  with 
the  shame-faced  disease    the  father  s  cry  o    an- 
.niish   for   his  little  daughter,   the   aPpeal   of  the 
oppressed,   the  crv  of  a  poor  blind  beggar,   the 
.h  iek  of  pain,  the  mad  cry  of  the  demon-pos- 
sessed; all  these  were  heard  by  Him  ana  none 

were  heard  in  vain.  .  ,^„„Ut   to 

What   relief  and   reconstruction   "<^,^""P'^\   ! 
brine  t<j  the  cities  He  yearned  to  save!     And  YU 
l^n'over  them-^wept    because  He  so  intenseh 
cared      Stelzle    says    of    some    of    New     'i  ork  s 
poor,    "They    have    forgotten    how    to    smile. 


fi^f'i'inus  Rn-i-.a!  in  J  Srjci<,'  fir 


Itmv.rfU 


t  I 


I'cthaps  surm-  of  u-  ha\i-  fortrottcii  how  to  wcop. 
Ila\f  uc  fvi-r  fcit  the  misery  aiul  linrcst  of  ^in  -^s 
.1  part  of  our  burden,  or  do  we  sit  al  case  in  our 
careless  comfort.^  Are  we  iiiJitfercnl  to  tlie  ereat 
loss  that  sin  ciitaiN  upon  o\ir  country,  and  the 
LTcat  loss  to  Him  whose  we  are?'  Has  the  s,,l. 
ever  choked  our  utterance  as  it  did  the  utterance 
of  a  v'reat  patriot  as  he  cried  out  in  behalf  of  his 
people,  "If  'I'hou  wilt.  forL'i'.e  their  sin;  but  if 
not-  blot  me  out  of  rlie  book  which  Thou  hast 
written." 

i.xaxiplfs  trij'i'   f/istorv 


Wonderlul  indeed,  has  been  the  influoiue  -.f  th-- 
iiliL'ion  (  f  je-^us  Christ  on  men  and  nation^ 
l-A-er\  intelliL'ent  reader  or  student  of  histor\ 
l.iT'Ws  il;,ir  tiations  and  empires  do  not  ris*^  to 
posit-on-  (.!  threat  power  and  dominion  except  b\ 
the  a'd  of  religion,  The  oft-tjuoted  greatness  rif 
'he  Koniau  [-.mpire  must  be  in\-eslik'ated  in  the 
liu'ht    ot    the    fact    that    in    ii>   earlier   stau'cs    that 


1- 


mpire   was    not    lr>>   reiiuMous    than    was 


I 


rael 


.<  'okni' 


at   ti\e  -ame 


liein-  how  the  earl\-   f( 


•  iiipire  later  on.  none  can 


ollowers  o 


.1  \  ruC' 


!i(. 


R 


f  I. 


esus  influenced 


ace  harriers  were 


down,    tlie   Condi  lien    of   the    poor 
the  sla\e  was  htjuored.  and  th 


wa- 


e  wonde'' 


brc^k 
'Ct  tere* 


en 


ful  1 


these  Christians  for  each  other  deeplv 
all  obser\er>.      And  what   these  Christ 


ovc  ot 


impressed 
lans  stood 


;or  has  been  the  mo 


[Powerful  moral  lever  ttiat 


c\er  has  been  applied  to  the  affairs  of 


men. 


Ri'!ivi',us  Re-vkd'  and  Sntuil  Hrffrmnil 


All  (.imii-ftciii  hislfirian->  pav  lh«-ir  tiibwK' 
tin-  tit.'litct.-iilii  cciilur\  cvairjclit  ;il  revival,  .n:  ; 
iiK.ic  than  one  lia^  <aiJ  that  it  did  ni<-rr  to  make 
iK.Kicrn  Kiiirlarul  than  all  llu-  stalc-cratt  ut  I'm 
aiul  all  the  %i.;loric-  ..f  W  (.•llinv.'K.ii.  The  hiM..r\ 
.,f  tlic  clun Ji  in  ScoflaiKl  the  land  (,f  revi\al<!-  ■ 
with  it-  "inart\i>  <  t  the  Covenant. ""  fiirnishes 
iniuh  int'orniatioii  and  in-piratioti  un  ihc  subject, 
llie  name  of  C'hahner-  >tand^  in  the  forefront 
of  tho>e  who  led  the  revived  Cluireh  into  practical 
and  etTecti\(.'  v.ork  for  -ocial  lietlennen'. 

While  Mjcial  betietnie!it  i-  takinir  on  an  en- 
lar^'cd  ineaniiiL'  at  ihe  j^resent  lime.  \  et  there  aie 
other  name-^  like  l.uther.  Knox,  W  e-le\ .  and. 
Whitelield,  that  are  in-eparably  a^M.ciated  wit'ii 
it.  and  the\-  are  >o  a^^ociated  with  it  because  o; 
the  clearer  \i-inn  l!ie\  recei'ced  of  ("lod  -with 
~i)ch  .t  \i-ion  a  man  i^  bound  to  be  a  .-ocial  re- 
tormer.  no  inatier  hou  men  ma\  cla-;sif\  him. 
'I'lie  cr\    of  a  need\    world  reaches  his  he.irl    .in  : 


le  resj'onc 


is,  ■■  1  lere  am  i.  send  inc." 


i)[,r  Duly 


In  tins  j-ieriod  of  nailon-makinu'  and  c;t\- 
makiii'j  en  t'.e  North  .\nierican  continent.  \\i- 
;,,(.-d  to  watcii  and  uork  and  prav  to  jnevent  the 
insidiou-  erowth  of  those  evils  that  constitut- 
almost  rarah/iuK'  problems  in  x-me  other  lands 
and  ci'.-e,  to-dav.  These  problems  may  never 
be  'ohcd.  but  they  wd!  become  lesser  pri.blem> 
as  thevonuL'  .\mer:can  realizes  that  his  re<pons  - 


ki'li^i'jiis  Re:  n a!  and  Sonal  Hrtterwrn- 


l)ility    only    ends    with    his    po<;<.ihinrv    and    that 
Kreai  pu<.sibilitics  lit-  bt-forc  hiin. 

'Ilicrc  is  a  famous  hall  in  the  old  world  mad.- 
memorable  by  countless  L'reat  iittfrances.  but 
perhaps  no  words  are  cherished  more  than  those 
of  the  much-loved  Lord  Shaftesburv.  It  was  his 
last  speech  in  the  House  of  I,ord^.  Said  the 
V'rcat  man,  "I  feel  old  age  creeping  upon  me  .md. 
1  am  deeply  grieved,  for  [  cannot  bear  to  l'o 
away  and  leave  the  world  with  so  much  miserv 
in  it."  When  Shaftesbury  finished  life's  little 
day,  multitudes  of  the  heavy-laden  suffered  tlie 
loss  of  a  friend,  and  the  ragged.  po\  ert\ -stricken 
little  street  arab  who  said  at  the  funeral,  "'K  was 
our  Karl,"  spoke  for  thousands  who  felt  their 
champion  was  gone. 

"I  am  debtor,"  says  the  writer  to  the  Romans, 
"both  to  the  (Greeks  and  to  the  barbarians." 
In  the  light  of  the  social  conditions  of  h;>  time, 
that  is  a  great,  a  very  great  utterance.  And 
again  in  Kphesians.  "\\'e  are  members  one  (<{ 
another."  We  are  bound  to  the  re>t  of  the 
human  race  in  the  compact  bundle  of  life,  and  the 
final  demonstration  of  the  quality  of  our  religious 
life  must  be  in  our  relations  to  our  fellow-men, 
of  whatever  type  they  may  be. 

In  one  of  our  settlement  houses  where  large- 
hearted  men  and  women  are  toiling  among  the 
poverty  stricken  and  sin-handicapped  of  the 
city's  centre,  a  street  waif  expressed  his  apprecia- 
tion of  the  help  being  given.  "Sa\-  teacher." 
said  the  little  chap  whose  life  had  been  one  of  ill- 


■  4         AV //;;(.,„  V  Mr:  Udi  .imi  S'x  ui!  /i,-/r,-rn:fti' 


treat, iiciit,  ".I  fdlcr  v'i'^  a  cliarur  !i..r<-  Juu't  h-' 
In  the  hf.ijv,-  it\  '^Mt  (nil."  on  the  >ttc(t   the  hii- 
feller   >:ifs   evervthiiivr.    hut    here   rvcrvhoJ)    ^it's 
a   chance."      In   those  words   the  little  chap  has 
put  the  'vhole  case  for  social  effort.      'I'hat  is  the 
foundation    principle      to    five    evcrv    individual 
his  or  her  ( lod-intende  1  chance.      So  Ion-  as  its 
ideals   are   such   as   thai,   fhri  ^tianitv   never  can 
become   obsolete.      If    (hristianitv     were    nierel". 
concerned    with    the    temporarv    adjustnient    <if 
certain  local  wron^js.  it  uouKl  become  the  religion 
of  a   decade  f)r  a  centurv.      It   is   iinchan^inif  in 
that  It  commits  itself  to  eternal  principles  which 
are  applicable  to  all  aucs.     'I'fi,.  reali/.atif)n  of  that 
will  save  11^  from   anv  narrow  view  of  our   work. 
'I  he  church  cannot  side  cither  with  the  emplo>er 
or    the   employee,      'fhat    is.    she   cannot    be   ex- 
clusively or  permanent Iv  the  champion  of  either 
side  if  she  is  true  to  her  l.oid.      [esus  was  never 
the  champion  of  a  class.      He  was  the  champion 
of  humanity.      We  must  emphasi/e  the  fact  that 
men  of  all  ranks  should  exercise  forbearance  and 
syriipathy  and  .i;enerosity  one  toward  the  other. 

Social  betterment  is  to  be  brought  about  by  a 
creed  that  says,  "mine  is  thine."  'i"he  healin- 
word  and  deed  fr.i  the  social  woes  of  men  is, 
"what  I  have,  five  I  thee."  'I'liat  means 
sacrihce.  Christ's  power  over  the  world  is  not 
that   He  preached  at  it,  but   that  He  died   for  it. 

One  has  said  of  our  own  day.  "  Xo  at'e  has  so 
honestly  begun  to  discern  that  it  is  love  alone 
which  can  speak   the  last,  and  perhaps  the  first 


Rflii'if.U'  Rfvral  andSnruil  lifttrrv.rnt 


i; 


»nrd  in  the  struetrlc  between  povertv  jud  ucalth 
(.lass  and  class,  nation  and  nation." 

Do     we     think     social     service     is     excIuMvelv 
associated    with    ureat    buildinir    schemes,    with 
settlement   houses,   with   clubs,   with   >;iiiki>    nil 
such   Iil<e.>     If  we   think    thus,   we   unnece.sariiv 
deplete     the     ranks    of     social     workers       F.v,t\- 
individual  who  considers  the  effect  of  what  he  i> 
doinp  or  leaving'  undone  on  the  general  wcif  irr 
and    sacrifices   if   need    be   his    private   intenst, 
brinps    himself    into    the    ranks    of    the    nation's 
-ocial  workers.      We  need  what  one  has  termed 
•public  .souls."     Men  and  women  who  will  ^n 
<>ut    of   the    narrowed    boundaries   <>{   their   own 
little  world  of  preferences  and  dislikes  into   the 
boundless  world  that  God  loves. 

H'ho  IS  A/v  Neighbour^ 

Christ   would    not   allow    men    t<,  circumscribe 

imits  ^to  their  helpfulness.     "Who  is  mv  nei^di- 

bour.'      was  a  question   He  repudiated,   because 

It  suppested  that  some  were  not  the  questioner's 

neighbours.     When  the  parable  was  ended  Christ 

-x?u^  u  *^^  ^^"""^  ''^  ^^"^  question  and  asked. 
Which  -was  neiphbour  unto  him  that  fell 
amonp  the  thieves .>"  The  opportunitv,  not  the 
'IT^  /'  .'^^"^^'^"tes  the  oblipation  <>{  service. 
I  he  I-atherhood  of  God  is  often  more  readilv 
acknowk>tipcd  than  the  consequent  brotherhood 
rt  man:  but  in  all  our  strivines  for  social  better- 
ment   the   latter   is   an   essential    principle    C.od 


!<■ 


A'('/:^'io.v.r  f\r' :: cl  ci 


ui!  Br"t-r»:rn; 


has  made  us  nciirhbour'-  Id  luiiulrcds  and  tliou- 
sands  in  this  land,  some  arc  poor,  sf)mc  arc  rich; 
some  arc  degraded,  ^r>iii<-  arc  cultured;  some  arc 
repul-^i\e,  some  are  attractive;  hut  to  all  "I  am 
debtor."  Vet  how  little  it  troubles  us  lo  pa-;- 
bv  on  the  other  side.  Perhaps  as  in  the  parable. 
n'.iscr\-  icmains  unrelii'\-eii  because  it  is  not 
clamorous  enou^'h.  The  poor  unfortunate  man 
lav  half-dead  and  so  the  priest  had  not  to  lisicn  to 
earnest  appeals  to  which  it  nii;_'ht  have  been 
difticult  to  jrive  a  j-xisiiivc  refusal.  ^  et  tlM^e 
wounds,  that  helplessness,  were  appeal  enouirh  to 
a  heart  of  C'hris^like  lo\e. 

The  Church  is  not  in  the  world  to  save  itself    • 
peacefully  and  seltishly  to  supplv  its  own  need,-  - 
but  to  extend  it^  wor'-   until  all  men  .-hall  know- 
its    Lord.     The    pastor  and    oiRcers    ma\-     have 
duties  that  centre  around  and  witliin  a  pariicular 
orj?anization.  but  their  duties  are  far  wider  than 
the   church    in    uh.ich    they    are   called    to   serve. 
"Into  all   the   world   to  every    creature.  "■   lifts   a 
man    bevond    and    abn\e    aU    local    limitations. 
It    makes   his   field   broader   than   any   walls   can 
bound   or  anv    streets   mark   otl.      Never   was    it 
intended    that    the    Church    should    be    separate 
from  the  world  in  any  sense  that  removes  its  heli> 
and    sympathy    from    it.     The    very    function    n| 
the  church  is  found  in  lier  organic  relation  to  the 
communitv  and  lier  mission  must  be  all-inclusive. 
I'he  rich  and  the  poor,  the  learned  and   the  un- 
learned,   the   employer   and    the   empUnee,    alike 
claini  her  services. 


Rriiguius  R'-:  i:ui  lifui  Si'i  uti  Hr:t,-rn:r>'.        r 


'1  \\v  f(ill(.\\in-  iiicidiiii  is  nariatcJ  liocaiis-- 
Micial  bflternicnt  i^  ct'toii  lakcii  lo  mcti  as  al- 
rt-ady  stated.  s(.iik'  L'rcai  <•!  _'a!ii/.<.-d  ninvt'mt'nt  in 
\'.  Iin.-h  diily  ctTtain  mifs  tiii.i  it  possible  t')  ciii.'aL.'c. 
A  \  t.uiiL'  iiiciiilnTot  a  Christian  I'.iuleaxor  Snciety  in 
a  niiciiaiKi  city  is  rccciviiiL'  a  -mall  salary  aiui  di.t 
iif  it  partialK-  inaiiitaiii'-  an  iir'alid  parent.  The 
summer's  wtcaticn  was  planned  arui  >e\era! 
nu-nths'  scant\-  ^a\iiiL's  uere  put  awa\'  Icr  the 
much  needed  h(ilida\  .  'I'uo  weeks  before  liolidav 
lime  a  poverty--i'-ic!;en  and  -"'ekK  mntlier  in 
an^tlier  part  of  the  cit;.  la}-  unteinled.  except  tur 
such  help  as  the  wearied  liusfiand  could  iri\'e 
betcre  ami  alter  the  d.i\  's  tfij.  Knowiivj  the  tit- 
cumsfances.  the  -ir!  wlio  belonired  to  the  Christian 
I'.ndea\-or  Sociei>, wrote  t( ;  her  hfilida\  conipaiiinn. 
"I  simjdy  car.noi  !,'o. "  A  cjuiet  tin-e  was  spent  at 
iiome  iiistead  <A  at  i!ie  di^tarit  lakesi'.ie.  But 
iluduirh  tfiat  sacnt'.ce  an  nverworked  iiiothcr  is 
slowb.  and  thankfully  iec"\crini:  because  a  nurse 
has  tendcrU  cared  ti-r  lier  duriii'-'  the  stru^'ule 
with  a  serious  ailment.  'I',  i  one  (ij  -  come  the 
wonderlul  jo}-  ot  serx'ice.  aiul  to  ;!u-  home  of  sick- 
nr.-is  has  come  the  ihru!  (.t  knowledL'*'  thai  somc- 
binl}  cares,  \  Hte  fra>.'rant  witli  such  viei-ds  is 
v.cirth  a  thousand  ;;o.'i;n!enis  in  behalf  of  Chris- 
tianit}  . 

./   I'rw'ica!  Ci'tspt'.' 


On  the  part  of  some  i.'o"d  people  Uiere  is  wliat 
Ibi.L'h    IVice    IluL'hes    called    an    "  irritatiiii.'    ten- 


ts       Re!  I  ill  0 1' -i  K 


■'.I  S"i  ui!  Hrf'rnrnit 


dcuc^"  to  lalk  dhna\  -iviiij  •'the  do-pci  to  th<> 
r,pprc-^^•ll.  starvlir/,  MitTrrini:.  ac^litute  people; 
and  yet  ii->  real  coiiCLTn  i-  felt  about  their  eco- 
nomic ami  social  i.oniliti(Mi.  (t  is  ca-;v  for  ttie 
wcll-feil.  wcll-clotheci.  hoin'j--rcurc  iiKiiviJual  to 
'•  1  -dk  '■  (  iospel.  but  '"  if  a  bn  ither  or  sister  be  naked 
and  destitute  of  dailv  food."'  then  is  the  time  for 
more  tlian  mere  uoi^.K.  d'h-'re  must  be  deeds  nt 
heroic  ser\ice  tiiat  will  brlnu'  relief  and  hberat\on. 
A  ^'ood  illustration  -•!  tliis  non-practical  sort  o1 
svmpathv  was  riven  in  the  British  House  <>' 
CV-mmons  some  time  avo  in  Mr.  Will  Crooks  who 
is  known  to  mair    in  the  class  called  "The  Sub 


mcrpetl 


entli. 


l)add\ 


le  1 


die  father 


to  vhom  ma;n  of  these  people  eo  with  their 
troubles.  Durim.'  the  i)c>ck  Strike  hi-  spceche-; 
were  mo^t  imiTesdve.  but  he  never  cariicd  his 
audience  with  him  -o  much  as  when  he  spoke 
in  the  House  on  his  moii(Ui  reu-ardins:  the  estab- 
li'-hmcnt  of  a  general  mininunu  waire  of  thirty 
sliillings  a  week  for  each  adult  worker.  "'.Ml  1 
a-k."'  he  said  dramaticalh.  "is  that  the  workim.' 
mail  shall  be  treated  a^  a  human  beinirand  not  as 
a  machine.  *Kats  on  economic  condition'^'  crirs 
the  hum::  .  wian.  i  want  to  ect  food  for  mys.df 
and  for  mv  'amilv'.""  and  then  Mr.  Crooks  told 
the  pathetic  >tor\-  of  a  little  cirl,  who  u'oin.tr  alonv 


lumrcr  was  met  bv  a  well- 

"Wha'  is  the  matter,  my  little  dear." 

ked.     The  child  said  she  was  huiurry. 

Never    mind,    (iod    sends    bread    to    tili    hmv^rv 

mouths.""      •■\e^.""    r<-p!M'd    tin-    little    -irl.    "bu- 


the  road  crviiie  with 


ted  person, 
the  latter  a 


Rrhzious  Ri:i:j'  anci  So, 


I  uu 


lii'irr)Kri:;        i.^ 


He  sends  the  broad  to  \fjiir  hf.ii^c  aii.i  'he  mouth > 
to  f)urs. '" 

Pidus  sentence's  do  not  sa;isf\-  hun-ry  months. 
Ihe  Bible  i:ives  the  greatest  iM)>s;h!c  ;irominen':e 
to  the  physical  and  social  needs  of  men  and  to 
what  should  be  the  Chriotian's  attitude  to  tliese 

^  ct  we  must  bear  in  mind  that  much  help  that 
is  called  charity  is  little  better  than  wasted.  Our 
aim  in  such  relief  must  be  iKjt  merelv  to  brinu' 
comfort,  but  to  produce  character.      ii\-   keeping 


tie  d!scrimmati\  e 


that  thouj^'ht  in  \  iew,  we  sha 
in  our  charit^ . 

Dr.  Russell  II.  Con\vel!  in  his  f 
".Acres  of  Diamoi!  s. "  tells  of  beini;  warned  not 
to  ^\\{_-  anythiiiL-  .  endable  to  a  m;n  wlio  used  to 
frecpient  miss'oit  halls  and  smaller  places  seeking' 
assistance.  One  da\-  he  sucv  umbed  to  a  pa- 
thetic stor>-  told  him  and  twelve  hours  later  was 
taken  to  task  b\-  a  judge  for  having  furnisiied  the 
man  mentioned  with  the  means  for  irettint,'  drunk 
\  aluable  propert\-  was  .Rs'royed  by  a  tire  started 
through  the  drunkenness  of  which  Dr.  C'onweli 
had  unwittingly  been  the  cause.  .Xo  matter  how 
kindly  the  motive,  indiscriminate  charity  often 
leads  to  very  much  greater  evils  than  those  it 
seeks  to  alleviate. 


Pr')VHiinz  -Vcw  /)!:rr,\f's 


in 


Li',- 


Then   there  are   the  manv   who.   throutrh   tlieir 
ou  n   or  others'    faults,    have   no   iiuier   resources, 

in   rrolitabh-  ■  iccupvin^' 


anil    wfio   neci 


ruida 


Rrli'r>''U^  A%    ;< rW. ■>.(-'  Sm  \,i'.   Hrjrrmrvt 


tlu'ir  kl^iire  hour^.  Absence  ..f  helpful,  stmni- 
lati-r^'  iiiKTot^  aiui  fri.'n^isiiip-^  have  causeJ  inuch 
of  \\xv  ■jainl^'iuL'  aiul  ai-un':.-:i!u'-  an  1  vice  w.nch 
ue  mourn.  Noi  \ '■r\  ui;tny  sutTrr  for  want  <>\ 
food  in  this  laiui  "f  <Hir,;  lv.it  even  it  all  have 
sutfteient  luea.l.  man  cannot  live  hv  hreavl  ab..ne. 
lie  uant^  interest-  in  life.  liy  enco'ira;.'in'.' 
u,,rd  kindiv  direction  and  L-raciou.  nvnistrv, 
•  nanv  mav  '  be  heartened  in  the  ti-ht.  It  i- 
uondcrful  how  the  eye  kindl<-  with  a  itew  h-ht. 
and  how  the  step  take,  on  a  new  spri-htiuie- 
V  hen  a  friendless  man  find-  a  friend. 

lames    Whitcomh    kilev    has    pnt    into    >,uamt 
and  homely  \  erse  a  jreat  trntli  alon-  these  !'.:o'^; 

When   a   inait   ha-n't    .a   cen'    and    is 

fcermi,'  kind  oi  blue. 
.\nd  the  clouds  hanj  dark  and  heavy 

and  won't  let  tin-  simshin-  throu-h. 
It"-  a  L'reaT  ihinir  hoy-,  lor  a  tiei'.rh- 

bour  just   t'  1  la\ 
Mis  hand   upon   \our  shoaldei    in   a 

friendly  sort  of  way. 

It  makesa  man  feel  curiou-.  it  makes 

the  tear-drops  start. 
And  \ou  feel  a  kind  of  tlutterin-  in 

:'•('  reu'io!!  of  the  hear'  : 
Vou  can't  look  up  and  meet  liiseys. 

\  ou  don't  ktiow  u  liat  to  -.n 
W  lien  his  h.uid  i-  on  your  .-shoulder 

in  a  tiiendilv  -.  .rt  ot  way. 


Rflf^i'^Ho  Rciival  and  Social  Bftfi'rvient 


'\'h\>    worlJ'^    a    curiuus    compound 

with  its  honey  and  its  j^ail. 
Its   care   and    hitter   crosses,   hut    a 

^'ood  world  alter  all. 
And  a  jood  (lod  must  have  made  it, 

leastways  that  is  what  I  say, 
W  hen  a  hand  is  on  my  shoulder  in  a 

friendly  sort  of  way 

A  man  who  is  now  the  leader  in  the  woi  i<  of  a 
certain  church,  was  saved  froui  hopeless  despair 
hecause  a  hand  was  placed  on  his  shoulder  anJ. 
he  was  assured  that  cjne  helievcd  in  him  and 
would  stand  hy  him;  for  months  the  one  lived  for 
the  other.  It  was  an  individual  effort  for  an 
individual,  hut  the  redeemed  man  is  now  a  force 
in  t^"  -.ocial  hetterment  of  a  needy  community. 
So   ■  appears   to   he  an   individual   efTort,    is 

oftei    -.  ministry  to  the  multitude. 

The  same  thing  applies  to  many  of  the  lads  of 
our  great  cicies.  They  have  no  healthy,  helpful 
interests  in  life.  Left  to  themselves,  they 
drifted  into  bad  gangs  ttiat  are  often  a  menace 
to  the  community.  K\en  the  formation  of 
"ga!i\,'s"  shows  that  these  boys  are  naturallv 
fond  of  organization  and  discipline,  and  such 
organization  would  save  many  a  lad  from  adult 
criminality.  One  writes:  "htTective  treatment 
of  the  juvenile  de'intjuent  w<juld  eliminate  [ler- 
haps  fifty  percent  of  our  adult  crime.  William 
Healev,  in  hi.-,  Individual  Dt-linqur'tit,  makes  ih'* 
assertion  that  the  principal  at'e  for  recruiting  into 


krlv'i'ius  Reiiial  and  Sucial  Betlerwfn! 


;lic'  ranks  of  criminal  life  is  between  fifteen  and 
tueiin.      "In  connection  with  the  early   impelu-. 
iii\  'Ti  to  the  Reformatory  movement  in  En^'lancl 
during  the  conferences  of   1H51.   iS^j,  and   1S61. 
a   number  of  direct  observations   were   reported. 
Clay,  in  a  coninuinication  to  the  Earl  of  Shaftes- 
bury,  stated   that   he   found   fifty-eight   per  cent 
of    criminals    were    dishonest    before    they    were 
fifteen   years  old.      Fourteen  per  cent  became  so 
between  tifteen  and  si.v'een,  and  that  all  of  them 
liad  shown  their  anti-social  tendencies  before  they 
they   were  nineteen  or  twenty.'     It   is   apparent 
that   the  effectual   treatment  of  the  juvenile  de- 
linquent  would   depopulate    the   prisons    twenty 
\ears  from  now." 

Religious  revival  sees  a  duty  and  patriotic 
privilege  in  service  for  just  such  lads.  Wise 
workers  redirect  the  gang  spirit.  What  was  once 
a  d\  namic  for  evil  becomes  a  dynamic  for  good. 
Henry  Drummond  said:  "Call  a  boy,  a  boy,  which 
he  is,  and  ask  him  to  sit  still,  and  there  is  no  power 
in  the  world  can  make  him  do  it.  Call  him  a 
sold'-jr  or  a  man,  which  he  is  not,  and  place  a 
ten  cent  cap  on  his  head  and  you  can  order  him 
about  at  will."  He  has  been  given  new  interests, 
and  a  sense  of  responsibility  is  born  within  him. 
'I'he  discipline  of  such  classes  or  clubs,  the  in- 
culcation of  fairness  in  games,  even  the  practical 
influence  of  the  bath,  all  combine  in  the  uplifting 
process,  (uiing  back  to  their  homes  they  take 
new  and  cleansing  influences  and  impart  at  least 
some   knowledge   that  is   a   contribution    to   the 


Rt'/iiiinus  Rr:i:a'  and  Sne in!  Rfttermfnt 


happiness  of  the  fainih".  A  boy  is  not  won  to 
goodness  by  sending.'  him  to  jail— "When  vou 
seek  to  win  a  boy."  says  that  friend  of  delinquent 
boys,  Judge  Lindsay,  "go  after  his  heart."  That 
method  has  succeeded  where  all  f)thcrs  have  failed. 

l he  Que.stion  of  Environmfnt 

In  our  effort  for  social  betterment  we  need  to 
remember  that  environment  is  a  factor  of  tremen- 
dous importance  in  the  making  of  character. 
Jacob  (.  Riis.after  long  and  intimate  acquaintance 
with  the  children  of  the  slums,  said,'"  I']nviron- 
ment  counts  for  ninety  f>er  cent."  Several 
years  jater  he  added,  "make  it  ninety-nine  per 
cent."  At  least  it  is  certain  that  thousands  of 
children  of  poor  hereditv  rescued  from  the  slums 
and  transferred  to  a  favorable  environment,  have 
become  good  and  helpful  citizens.  What  handi- 
caps poisonous  air,  immoral  surroundings,  tumble- 
down and  badh-  ventilated  dwellings  are  in  the 
development  of  nobility  of  character.  Dr. 
Paterson  Smyth  speaks  of  the  inevitable  degrada- 
tion of  those  who  are  "packed  in  one  reeking 
chamber"  with  blasphemy  and  obscenity  ever 
to  be  heard  throuijh  the  thin  partitions  on  either 
side.  Settlement  and  other  city  workers  again 
and  again  find  men  and  women  herded  together 
in  tenements  in  such  a  way  as  to  make  decency 
and  virtue  almost  impossible.  Dwelling  places 
abound  where  men  and  women  are  living  and 
sleeping  the  year  round  amidst  unspeakable  filth 


krhgi'.'W.  Rr:i:al  and  Sociu!  Brttrrmrnt 


;,ik1    vici'.      Defeneration   is   absolutely    una%oid- 
A^|~■  in  such  environments.  ,       ,  ,        r 

in  an   K.astern  citv  the  medical   health  othccr 
ivported  that  as  manv  a-~  ten  people  were  hvinij 
i„    one    room    with    no    attempt    at    venti  alion. 
\notlier  report  from  a  city  of  hftv  thousand,  says 
Mfteen   I'olacks  were  found,     eatm^',  cof.kuu'  and 
slccpini'   in   one   small    room    amon^'^t    ti  ih    and 
stench  that  the  invcstii^'alors  found  unendurable. 
I„   another  citv  one  hundred   and   hfly-si.x   Aus- 
uianv  were  found  hvini:  in   a   ten-roomed  house. 
I'ven    a    limited    pergonal    .•x.-crience    shows   one 
Ahai   crueltv,  crime,  and  depths  of  infamy  may 
hv  found  in  such  abodes.— evils  which  pen  scarcely 
can    e.xauu-rate.      I'nder   these   conditions   where 
MPialid      Povertv     and     unblushm-      lawlessness 
abound,  families'  are   beinij    reared    which  create 
.•nvironments  that  defy  the  church  and  threaten 
,he   foundations   of  the   State,      S-^h   conditions 
„u,.t  be  remedied  as  we  endeavor  to  reform  men 
and  women:  otherwise,  we  leave  them  \\here  it  is 
well-ni-h  impossible  for  them  to  be  even  common- 
Iv    decent,    and    where    "wrinkled    in    body    and 
mind    the  lit'ht  is  flickerinir  out  m  their  souls. 

\  short  time  aijo  we  looked  over  a  vast  ^.'rimy 
desert  of  houses,  with  dingy  rubbish-hlled  yards 
and  lanes.  F.verv  roof  covers  two,  three  or  more 
families  of  working  people.  These  people  must 
work  I'ntil  thev  bre-^k  down  or  die.  We  cal 
iheni  hopeless-  -th<  e  sin-mauled  men  and 
u.Hnen  but  faithful,  loving  service  has  shown 
lint    ail   are  capabh'  of   responding'  to  inHucnces 


Rf!!':!ouj  knual  and  Si  i  ui!  Hrrn  >< 


'Ahich  call  f'Ut  ainliiti'in  ;iiKi  I.>\('.  ami  simic  ot 
ilusf  "h()pcU'«is""  oiu'->  ha'.'o  »<i-i.!ay  brcumr  ih" 
j:lory  C)f  the  coinniuiiit >  . 

Those  of  u^  \\hi>  are  (•iiL'aL'cil  ;ii  the  woik  ol 
Social  Scrvici'  aiui  l'Aari_'i-"!i>m,  brhc.c  in  the 
pou(_T  of  the  u'ospcl  net  a  l'i),}h-1  <.1  tlu-ory,  but 
a  L'ospcl  that  can  be  preached  in  a  practical  way 
I"  tliese  hutiirrv.  wretched  iiiuitltude^,  and  poor. 
iH-v'lecleii,  >tar\iiiL'  children.  \o  depravii;.'  i- 
beyond  the  reach  of  Cliri'-tian  li.ve.  I'he  trouble 
lies  lartrely  in  the  fact  that  in  the  j-a-t  we  did  \\t,\ 
get  near  enouL'h  !o  tiuse  peiplc  either  i;i  a 
physicial  uv  a  spiritual  ^ense.  !t  is  tK.t  a 
factory  method  to  jdani  "' missions"  m 
midst,  and  ha\e  pi^pIe  come  in  for  a  f<-w 


■-at!  -.- 
tlieir 
lours 
service  each  week.  We  are,  fnun  ttu'  \iew  puint 
of  iliesc  downcast  people.  \'"<  much  removei.1 
from  them  in  an\-  sucli  work.  I'.arnc^t  people, 
not  tof)  l(jni:  but  tiii>  c'xciusiwly  have  prayed 
for  these  su.tTerini:  one-;,  praved  with  tear->tained 
faces— but  the  prayer  tiial  is  most  needed  is  the 
prayer  that  wears  out  the  soles  quicker  than  the 
knees.  What  is  needed  is  a  love  that  manifest-, 
it  self  thiouL'h  the  human  touch.  Clirist  ent<'red 
the  city  with  its  u  retchednes-.  Hi  toadied  the 
open  sore  with  Hi--  own  hand-,  and  tiiat 
lesson  we  have  been  slow  to  learn-  the  ; 
the  personal  Christlike  touch. 

There  are  probably  many  of  our  c;i\  chi'rche> 
where  this  class  of  people  would  be  welcome,  biin 
the  ver\  location,  and  in  -ome  cases,  the  cxtra'va- 
'/aiit  furiiishiiiL"-.  tiabid  tlu-ir  emrance.      It  i-  imt 


1-^   ttie 
teed    (if 


Rr'' 


R,    :  ,i'  ,ii'J  S'li  Id!  fir-'/rnvfiit 


.■u'lii-h   lii^ay,  "Oh  well  thai  ^hoiilJ  iiol  br  -in:^ 
ihcy  ou^'hi  t(i  be  willing'  to  ir<>  to  these  churches." 
Tin-  fact  i>  th<-\  dn  nol  ^<k  and  it  as  a  New  ^  ork 
preacher   savs.'  Mulberry    Street    will    rv)t   k'o    to 
i'ifth   A%-cnue.   I'ifth  Avenue   inusl  be  wiHiM-   to 
I/O  U)    Mulberry    Street,   ^  r    to  its    vicinity.      A-^ 
workers  for  CioJ,  wc  are  to  be  a^t;re^^ive.  and  must 
use  every   effort   to  brinu   these   pe()ple   into   the 
lie:lthv  atrnosphereof  a  workinu',  active,  Christian 
Churcii.      Bv  thai   m<'an>  we  may  h(jpe  to  brin- 
about     tlieir    permanent     reformation.      Splendul 
service    alc^n^'    these    lines    is   bein^;:    rendered    bv 
certain   (>\    our   city    churches.      Necessarily,    the 
process  of  reclamation  of  these  di-,lricts  will   be 
slow,  but  the  people  reached   v. ill  carry  back  to 
their  liomes  transforminu  influences. 


Jdcqudtc-    Rrmunt-ratu.n 

Many  o{  our  peoj^le,  whose  lives  have  been 
religiously  quickened  and  enriched,  are  holdin|; 
and  are  goin^r  tfi  hold  more  of  .Vmerica's  wealth 
than  is  actuallv  needed  for  their  own  sustenance 
and  comfort  'As  employers,  what  is  going  to  be 
their  altitude  towards  ihe  etnployce.='  Is  a 
writer  correct  when  he  says,  "People  who  call 
themselves  Christians  have  used  labor  and  iheii 
thrown  men  and  women  aside  as  ihey  throw  old 
machines  on  a  scrap  heap.'"'  And  some  who  have 
done  ihe  '-throwing"'  are  much  burdened  by  iheir 
many  goods,  which  the  rejected  toiler  has  helped 
i,  produce;  and  in  the  process  of  production  the 


Rr!i 


CJiillS 


RcvKu!  an  J  Social  RftUrvf} 


■7 


fdilrr's  rrmiincratiou  has  bei-r.   -iicli  tHa'   to  pro- 
\ide  for  the  c\il  tiay  was  an  iriipo^sihilit \-. 

A'  wc  write  these  lines,  a  u'reat  cit\'  is  stirred 
hv  a  spectacular  and  turbulent  upheaval.  Tlic 
e\eiits  iust  j^reccdine  the  tla\-s  of  the  I' rench 
Re\f)iutioii  ha\e  been  re-enacted.  The  oppres- 
sion of  hiirli  prices  ff)r  the  necessities  of  life  lias 
become  so  insufferable  to  the  poor,  that  t!ie\ 
have  arisen  in  tumult  uous  revolt.  .\  newspaper 
reprtrt  is  as  follows: 

Crvint',  '\^e  want  bread,  wc  want 
bread,"  more  than  tlirce  thousaiul 
women,  bareheaded,  scantily  clad 
their  warmest  ^:arment  beitma  shawl 
thrown  about  their  shoulders 
— stormed  up  the  -^icps  of  the  City 
Hall  here  to-ilay,  demandinu'  relief 
from  the  .Ma\(>r  from  the  hi'jh 
cf)St  of  food.  Most  of  the  women 
carried  babies  in  their  arms,  their 
faces  showinp  the  pinch  of  hunijer. 
Within  a  few  ininutes  a  crowd  of 
thousand'^  !iad  leathered  in  the  City 
Hall  Park  watchintr  the  demonstra- 
tion. 'We  are  starvim.,'1  We  want 
bread!'  was  the  constant  cry  raised 
by  the  women,  as  they  surged  about 
the  entrance  to  the  City  Hall.  They 
swept  up  the  steps  en  masse.  The 
doors  were  baneed  shut  in  their 
faces,  ani.1  wild  cries  and  impreca- 
tions  follow'. 


krhi'ious  Rr.v.a!  and  S'.(  uil  lifttern.fnt 


I  .muKtii. 


uiiti!  war  ini  pro',  oi  lah<,i  (.ciidi- 
iioiiN  i'  i^  ^ai^i  that  (>\w  million,  civ'ht  liuiulii'vl 
tlinuvaixl  pf'.plc  liail  iut  ><w  wci-k's  wukcs  1h-- 
lutcn  tiKin  aii.l  starvati..ii.  Siuh  iiiadcquati- 
icniii'ifratK.ii  ii(.iil>tlcs>  ha^  lia^tLiicd  tlic  pruco-s 
,.!  moral  ami  ph>  sical  Lk-jriu-rati.  .11.  C'crtain 
thini:>«  arc  rc.pii^itc  to  iKninal,  lu'altli>  luin^'  aii>! 
the  lu-rli'ct  n1  tlu-iii  UKMU^  M.cial  !ti>^  aii'l  iilliniatf 
>()ciai  unrka'jc.  TlicTf  i>  ah^oiuic  pruof  oasilv 
JiscoviTal'lc  1"  ^h'.u  iliai  .mc  rini'l-'vers  haw 
paid  .1  waL'c  that  \va-  not  a  liviui.'  wairc  ami  that 
;h(\-  appt-art-tl  quite  ijiditTcrriU  as  !■>  how  the 
l<a!aiKc  was  to  he  obtained,  even  to  the  extent 
,,|   the  lo-,s  (,f  eharacer  and  \irtiie  on  the  part  of 

r|ic    toilet. 

A  few  mo!uhs  before  these  v^ord^  were  pennev.. 
a  -irl  of  i-'ood  Jiaracter  apin.aclieJ  the  maiiaL-er 
of    the    department    in     v,  hich    she    wa-    a    cleik. 
She  informed   him    lliat    it    wa>  impossible  to  t'et 
aloiit'   honestlv   on    the    MuaU    salary    she   was    re- 
eeiviii'.',  and  asked  if  an  advance  would  be  possi- 
ble,     in  a  brutalb.    in-inuatini:  wa\-  lie  asked  her 
a   question   which   siiir-e-ted   other   wavs  of    aa-- 
nientinj     tier    income.      A     few     davs     later     the 
\,.iitii'  man  to  whom  the  u'ii!  \vas  em:ai;ed  mcl  tlie 
manager  ..n   tlie   street   and  qaotin'j  the   reque-* 
and  answer  above  referred   to,   in   order   to  have 
Its    aeeuracN     veritied,    pounded    the    face   of    the 
one  who  insulted  a  modest  youni:  L'irl  so  that  for 
a  ueek  tlie  mana^-er  was.  as  the  >  tun^'  man  said 
■■lai/1   off   for   repair^."'     The    'jirl    was   admittevl 
•.,  b.'  -•theien'  and  the  -alarx    .vas  admitted  'o  be 


Rfii^ious  kniial  and  Sue  ml  li^ttfrnirnt 


-'* 


insuflicicnt,  \ft  the  linn  could  iro  on  pilin;:  up 
its  profit >,  iiiakm^'  tlio  already  ricii  propriftor> 
richer,  while  clerks  could  be  left  to  live  ii  !'_•- 
centh    ill  order  Id  dress  deceiul\'. 

Where  employers"  hearts  arc  untouched  by  llie 
principles  of  the  Cios['cl,  rcf(jrms  thai  threaten 
financial  interests,  are  made  excecdinv,'ly  difficult. 
Much  education  is  still  needed  to  brini:  about  a 
sense  of  our  joint  social  respf)nsibilities  whi'h 
will  result  in  the  sympathetic  treatment  of  tli 
who  in  niaiu  cases  are  maintaining  us  in  i  n: 
comfort  and  luxurv. 


J  nui 


>u  iii'  I i,:rj!tnrnt 


(ifiiuine  reli^'ious  re\l\,il  will  also  i.anvc  j-eopic 
"f  means  to  see  thai  moiiey  which  llie\  ha\i' 
placed  in  the  hantis  nf  avrerits  or  conipanies.  in  in- 
vested in  ways  tha?  will  brini,'  no  di  -.-dit  to  th<- 
cause  of  Christ.  leiH'rance  a^  lo  this  may  inean 
that  people  who  sa;.,  "  I.ord.  Lord."  are'iiackin.' 
tinar.ciali}  ihc  enemies  of  their  professed  Lord. 
.An  inilitference  to  an\!hinu'  but  the  interest  on 
fheii  iii\estment  has  been  found  ai,'ain  and  a -ain 
i'-.  •!>.<•  l:\'e-.  of  prominent  CIl^!^Iian  workers. 

One  of  tlie  vilcs!  dens  of  vice  in  a  we  fem 
mining:  town  was  owned  b>  a  woman  teachin'^r  a 
bible  elass  two  thousand  miles  Eastward.  She 
was  deli>.'hied  with  the  fifteen  per  cent  on  her 
money  which  the  ai:ent  forwarded  re^rularU . 
and  iKit  haviuLT  enquired  as  to  how  her  capital 
was  inxcstcd,  die  did  not  knou   that  the  ,e\enii  • 


■^0        RfliRious  krvva!  and  Soria!  Brttrrm--nt 


w  a  s 


lV 


ic 


reni  <if  a  !ioii-c  in  which  the  h\c>  •:■! 
liiiiulrcJs  of  vMuiiL'  men  am!  WMirn-n  wt-r?  bcom- 
int'  a  menace  nn^ralh-  atul  phv^icall;.-  '>  anv 
community  in  which  ihey  mi^'ht  re-ule. 

In  another  instance,  a  superin»emienl  of  a  city 
Sabbath  School  had  over  fort\-  thou-^and  dnllars 
iti\(  ted  in  a  bookstore  on  the  shelves  of  which 
were  books  so  obscene  and  immoral  that  no  man 
(.f  -encv  could  narrate  iheir  contents  even  to 
ai  icncc  of   men   onl\ .   and   thc\-   liave  since 

bten    put   on   the  proscribed  lists  "f   British   and 
AnKMcan  countries. 

^<.  is  amazingly  sad  how  man\  pc'jde  can  rc- 
iist  their  cfinvictions  when  income  is  affecte  1. 
H\  a  selfish  process  of  reasoning,  black  becomes 
^'rey  and  ^;ey  bec(jmes  white,  until  the  most 
outra^'eous  crimes  aeainst  society  are  committed 
with  an  uniiisturbed  and  untroubled  conscience. 
We  never  can  expect  to  render  our  pospel 
attractive  if  the  world  sees  that  we  are  the 
children  of  ^'reed.  Does  the  personnel  of  the 
church   impress  the  world   as  phyine   the  eame. 


np  the  life.'     Do  our  deeds  tallv  with 


our 


seek- 

thr 


as  living  ttie  Utt 

profession,  or  arc  we  playint;  a  .iual  i"ie  1\ 
in^:   to   live   the   higher   life   on   Sutulav   and 
lower  life  on  week  da\  s? 

Henrv  Drumm.ond  used  to  say  that  what  the 
church  needed  uas  not  so  much  more  members 
as  a  better  brand  of  members.  There  was  sonic 
point  to  the  remark  of  a  WrMi  minister  who  at 
the  time  of  the  great  revival  wa>  a>ked  if  it  had 


rcac 


hci 


nis 


:hu 


re  11. 


^"es.■'     wa^     the     rep 


.Wf  . 


RelinV'Us  Hrir.al  (ind  S>'i  ;,;/  Hrfrn 


;  I 


[iiit 


"Dill  vdu  haw  main-  adiiitiuii^r "  "N^i. 
;!iank  the  I.ord  \\v  haii  -omc  suhrractiua-. '' 
'■Tlu-  people  that  are  with  thee  arc  too  mair..  " 
was  Jehovah's  iiiessaL'c  to  (livleoii;  an  J  uh>"; 
'there  had  been  ehniinateti  troiti  the  Israehti>h 
arm}'  over  thirty-one  thoiis;uKi  timid  and  earele^^ 
men.  (lideon's  band  of  three  liiindred  with  (  lod. 
v.  as  invincible. 


-til 


abk 


.1, 


ttie  -'-em- 


Aiid  :r;'//;  (j'-'cJ  man  i' 
inuh'  impos>ible  thinu<.  If  our  -o-called  i'hri^^ 
tianit\' seems  tosome  lackiiiir  in  \i:alit  y  an.l  power 
it  is  beea\ise  as  cmic  has  said  we  have  substituted 
"  churehianity  "  for  Christ  lanit}-.  and  oriraiM/n- 
lions,  instead  of  Christ,  lia\'e  become  the  centra! 
titrure. 

W  here\-er  it  ha^  in-eii  uiven  a  fair  te^t,  C'hii^- 
ti.mity  has  sliown  itself  able  to  redeem  all  t\-pes 
of  human  failure  arid  to  re>tore  lost  order.  I)ur- 
ini:  a  j^'reat  contro\'ers\-  the  lati'  (u  :eral  William 
Booth  uas  a>ked  by  a  reporter.  "Cieneral.  i.io  \()u 


tliink    Christian  it 


\'    IS    fdaN'ed    out 


With    that 


characteristic  liall-snarl  which  at  time^  he  u-ed 
so  etTcctively.  the  ereat  leader  in  -ocial  better- 
ment replied.  "  l'la\'ed  out.'  youn^'  man,  C  hri  — 
li.init}-  liasn't  been  pla;.'ed  in  yet."  'I'hroujh 
his  work  ffir  the  masses  in  the  ereat  cities,  tie 
became  actjuainled  with  such  lieart-rendini: 
conditions  as  are  pictured  in  his  /;:  l),i>ki-<; 
I:  ngland  ana  tlu-  fi  a-:  (Ju:.  and  he  knew  that  man\- 
who  profcssetl  Christianity,  possessed  little  of  it. 
!n\('stiL'ati<in  to-vla\'  re\e.il-  inan>'  ot  the  ^ame 
.ippalliiiL'  condition.-.      W  ho  can  look  ai  some  cit\ 


kriiiii'r.i '   k-       II    (i>u!  >'(  ut't  Ih- 


Mock;-  v.  ilhiuit  fcoliiiL'  tlu-  criR-h\  of  tlu'  thinj 
l-uallv  \\u'\  '\\:\\-v  l)c<.'n  buiit  h>  men  <A  wealth, 
often  iiDiiiiiial  C'll^i^1ians,  aip.i  the  owncri  have 
;^'iven  liti'e  altenlidii  to  ihcii  ffectioii  or  the\ 
Kjiild  iic\er  ha\e  imposed  -uch  murderous  dis- 
eoinfnrts  <jti  tlieir  teriani'-.  No  thouiifit.  wa^ 
vA\cn  to  th.e  elfcct  on  ;Tecio\i>  lives  that  inu>l  be 
li\fd  where  fresh  aii'  aiu!  sunsiiiiie  were  walled 
(•ut.  Sueh  coiiditi'  !i-,  with  other  in\'olved. 
handicap;,  recall  Charh:-  K.ini,'sle>  "s  terrible 
iairjuaire,  that  -.onie  c  ildren  are  '"dam tied 
from  llieir  birtli.'"  Iliimanlv  speakine.  the\  are 
o   heavih    handicappeii   in   the   race  ot   life   that 


their  fate  i 


-etlled  before  the\   start. 


Th.    Clanr 


'h-  Hull 


Nor  i-  s  iciai  t)e'.tc;  incnt  ser\  ;cc  for  tiie  poor 
onl\-.  Tile  rich  have  \  er\  special  claims  on  us. 
Ruskin  has  pointed  ^  ut  hou  the  tendency  is  to 
la\ish  all  our  resources  and  all  our  -xinpalhtes 
ciHin  the  degraded  and  from  the  human  \-iewpoint. 
:lu-  uort!lle.s^.  But  we  listen  to  one  ot  A'cst 
London'^  world-kiiou  II  wr)rkers,  as  he  pleads  the 
leed.s  of  tlie  (.ccupants  e)f  the  houses  beautiful, 
lie  savsof  hisown  cit\-,  which  i>  probabl}  truei>f 
nian\-  others,  "The  wealthiest  cia>ses  of  our 
;■'  ciet\  are  at  the  present  moment  the  mo<t  im- 
inta'al  and  tlu'  most  miserable,"  and  lie  speaks 
of  their  corrupt  and  de^'raded  forms  of  amuse- 
r.Kiii,  showing'  how  their  wealth  and  luxury  have 
bM\i  callou-ness. 


A'- 


u.  A' 


'H'd  N'"-.'ij/  Iit't<-'>y 


111    ix-acliinL'    tilt-    \vfahli\        asses    ihr"H^':i    n' 
li^'ious    ic-\i\al.    ■••■'■   ^t  t    .u'lca      material    rcsouixc 
!'rec    f(ir    -"cial    hrtlfriiiciit.      Main"    cunsccratc-w 
people    ufH    cquippr-i    to    help    the    masses    ar- 
unable   lo  gi\e  suc;i  a--iMa!icr  hecaii-^c  the\-   af'- 
without  tiuancia!  riMK.ixo-..     The  man  of  wealth. 
ina\-  lia\f  the  pri'.  ilere  cf  -en-hiiL'  wilhn/  feet  uf 
:-arrct  -i..i!~  ami  into  -jlo^'uv    l)asrmeiit>  where  .. 
■.  laetieal   i;iii!i-tr\    ma^    tdl    mueli   in  comnuMnp 
l-etteniRiit.      A     -eorr     I't      helpful      in-tituti^n^ 
x'uM  Ih-  listea.  an',   one  of  which  w..uhi  allow  iii 
iJle  mmiev  to  earn  for  liiin  human  dividends  th.r 


would  enrich 


im  for  time  an.;  eternit\. 


.\i,v;  he  v\  ho  ..er\e-~  hi-  Indtiier  be.-t. 
(  iel^    nc.-n--  r   ( -<  '1   t!ian  ;  11   the  res'. 


Let    us   ne\e[    Njiiiet    that   "The   iinprovenien 
t  tlie  -oul  i>  the  soul  <  >\  all  ii;ipio\-emenl .  "     Th- 
L-o^pe!     is     inv!i\idual     t'.r-'.     m\.\     social     secono 
\!an\-  outside  the  eh.i.ith   an-  prcaehin,:;  a   ~oei>. 
I'ospel    that    the\-    think    ma_\    be    icahz-d.    arar: 
from    personal    eonver>ion:    but    no    ma't-:    ho/ 
(  i;tluisia.sticall>    it   m:i\-   be  p-iiie  about,  ihi.-  coi. 
-truction   of  a   nol>h'   -o;i>-i«.-   is  impossible  apar 
from    noble   peop.K  ,       \      l'.    'iui'    Spencer   write 
we  "cannot   iMi:,_    L'oldeti   ..'iiduct  out   o'   leath' 
instincts." 

I'aul  sav>  the  cospel  is  the  power  of  ( lod  unt' 
-ahation.      N'ou    'iiat   word  -alvat'on  i-  iioi 


4        Rt'lv^iou.i  k' 


j>  II 


■rii-rijl 


llicil      U 


. ;, 


-aiiita: 


■  iutHliiiL'--  'A'liilJ  I't.'  t!ir  -alvation  d  tlic  ina^^c.s. ' 
I  he  \vf)rti  a^  I'aul  uses  it  i>  biirtrcr  tliaii  any  <>[  x\\': 
liiikcriiiu'  liiiU-   ^cheino   that   many   im'-i   devote 
their    time    to.      I'or    while    ■social    service    imi'^f 

»f  lite.   \-eT 


liriii'/  aimiit   reforms  \:\  man'     ^ha-es  o _.  , 

\\r  >1(.  not  a:Ki  ca-uiol  sa\e  ihv  masses  merely  h) 


:ill 


leacliiriL'  them  iiabits  of  cleanliness.  | 
meajis  lei  iis  preach  a  social  Christianity  -that 
is  a  C'hri -tianil  V  tiial  can  he  applie  i  to  s<  cial 
conditions,  a  C'lirisiianiiv  thai  deals  .viih  proper 
housini:  and  clothim.'  and  proper  civic  conditions; 
hut  we  mnst  nevvf  fail  to  reali/.'-  that  tlie  disease 

In    these  e.xternal 
true  t!iat  if  .1  man"  • 


IS  ileeiHT  than  can   he  rt  ai 
remeddes,  and  it  is  ordinaril 


tieart  is  cleansed,  and  he  i:-  pro\-idrd  with  new  an-l 
tipliftinu'  friendships,  he  will  ■  >"'\  brjin  to  clean 
up  his  hou  ■(•.  That  ha~  heen  tin-  e\;  erience  ot 
e\ei\    ( 'lirist iar.  \\orkcr  .imi'iii:  the  m.asse'-. 

If  the  L'ospel  is  preached  in  its  tuiness  it  caiiiio' 
'ail  to  impress  people  with  its  all  emhiacim:  re- 
toiius.  It  is  int<'nded  to  permeate  all  depart- 
ments   iif    lite.    cleansiiiL'    and    swceteninir    ever\ 


relatioiisl'.ij^  and  manifest  lU'j  >ts  power  m  the  h'  >m- 
as  well  as  in  !t;e  church.  I  ncidenl;dl\'.  the  Lros}M' 
iif  Jesu  .  (.'Ipi  •  ■  ,'.,',d  !'(.r  the  real  cstati.  man  an.i 
\la!i\    a   man  has  heen  content 


for  the  hiiiki'-i 
ill   his  pn'  er'N    an. 


utiti!   tin 


Ospc 


hroii'..'!i 


an  eiii  it  hi'.K-nt  ol  life  \\hich  meant  clean-T 
^hoULdils  and  lii'.rher  amhitions.  With  Christ  m 
;  I  ,s-,c<sion  ( ,f  a  life.  ;he  suhurhan  \'illa  •)ften  Ita- 
h(cn    siihstitiiled    t^r    the    shun    den.      Reli'jious 


Relijiiou^  A'- 


I'l-ttfrv.: 


revival  inraiis  tin-  iransforiiiat;  ':-•  iiuiM,  and 

•he    transformation    'm'    tht.-    iua;i.    means    social 
t)i  itcrnnMit    hccauso    iho    transformed    Hf'"    ^oop 
-I'ts  about    till-   t rans'orniation  of  uiil'ivr 
rounding'-. 

f'r  rsotial  Conversion  /•   "ir  St-rri'Y 


flow  often  dii  tl-.o>e  witiiin  i  he  ehi.i!\ii  mai-.e  the 
ir.i^lakt.-  I'l  thinkini!  liiat  [''ersonal  -.^nwr  i'lii  :■ 
the  tinal  end.  I  he  di\orce  ot  personal  L'hri-tiati- 
i;;.  .uid  social  C'hri-tianity  is  not  of  C"ilri^t.  We 
nuisi  seek  the  re(.Mii>t met K m  of  -ocietx'  in  every 
d.ejiartmenl  ot  lite  up'ui  a  (."hri>t;an  basis,  n  heie- 
ever  iliat  ha.>  not  alreai.l\  been  done.  "As  \\\ 
bather  hath  sc-iit  Me  e.  -,  •:  t .  -cm,'.  1  ■<.!!."  \va-.  de- 
eoinniission  of  the  .Ma-OT  to  liis  ilisciples;  and 
that  eominissirm  has  in  it  a  _t:lori<')tis  sonu'  of  iree- 
doiii.  "What  a  wide-  aT.vi  ijicUi.-.ive  einaneipa- 
tion"  ;a\  s  jowett,  i^  enntained  in  that  passa^^e. 
"He  hath  sent  ine  to  pre.e.h  the  ■gospel  ro  the  poor, 
to  heal  the  broken  hearted,  to  j-reaeh  deliverance 
tf)  tlie  capti\'es,  and  recovcrin'^'  of  -i^hl  to  the 
blind,  to  set  at  Idx-rty  thein  that  are  bruised  aiul 
•o   proclaim    the   acceptable   \ear  of   the    Ix^rd."" 

Social  Service  to  be  of  [permanent  uplift,  must 
ha\'e  detinitc  evaiiurelistic  wilues,  and  I'Aaneelism 
must  express  it>ell  in  Social  Service,  d'n  separate 
the  one  from  the  other  will  brim;  irreparable  !os.->. 
Nor  must  evaiiLrelism  be  contined  to  individuals 
ah 'lie;  to  do  so  i^  to  place  a  Lrrie\'<ju<  limitation 
on  it>  purpose  and  function.      On  the  Mthe:'  hand, 


kiii:j_i(ju:  k' 


v.liai  M-  iciM!\i  .1'  I  "iiimuiiil;.  ciTot:  nui-i  n"t  bt- 
(■;irri<\l  nn  uii!i(Mii  ;fi:arJ.  \<)  the  in  i;-.  ulu..!. 
'I'lir  :ihii>.  idiUil  aiii  \\\'-  u  ■iiuminity  dxc  \n\r-:- 
(.Irrciulc'iit.  'Ilu-  C'hiirvli  doulnlf^^  has  cri-auvi 
:i  jiiNtiiial'lc  pnju  i'ui'  ■  >\\  ;  h/  j'.irt  of  sdtne  hrcaii-'' 
Aw  M-ciiu-i  lackiiiL'  ill  (.■M'hu^iasni  towai-J  I'oin- 
n:uniiy  wcltarr.  Oik-  wriicr  tc'iU  ui  a  man  uh" 
-lood  ai^art  from  church  wtirk  for  vcar^.  h.ii  wh" 
oil  ^ceiiu;  a  pro'jiaiii  that  nirant  an  in'rr('>i  in 
'-orial  welfare,  sai'i.  "'I  ha\'e  <ut  out  liic  churci 
for  years,  but  if  it  i-  s.'oiuL'  to  do  \'ital  coinniunity 
,--crvice,  I'ouni  iiiein.""  I'he  >aine  writer  tells  of  a 
social  M'r\'iee  nieevnj  'n  a  I  niteJ  Slates  town. 
\  leadii  J  -.^eiali-i  eriMc  was  present.  Knowin'/ 
!;i-  attituvle  lo  the  etuireh.  '\\<-  au  iii-nce  was 
aina/ed  to  hear  liini  decl.ire,  "'if  \  oa  church  nn'n 
tea'K  ni  ■  ■.',  ,o  take  uj->  thi-  [iro'.,'rai!i.  I  will  l'o  wit  !i 
\  oil  td  the  (.'iid  ot  the  road. 

Some  'ime  aijo.  the  writer  was  conducuni;  a 
meeiiiiL'  in  a  ilieatre,  an>l  illusiratcd  what  the 
ehurcli  ua^  doint'  in  applied  C'hri>tiaiiity  tf)r  the 
need:>  cf  jre.-;t  citie'^  and  ihe  classes  that  hereto- 
fore had  l<een  lari:el\  ncdected.  The  inana<.'er  ot 
the  theatre  came  and  ^ald.  "'If  tliis  is  the  kind  of 
wurk  \ou  .ire  doiii!;.  I  want  a  hand  in  it  .\  I't 
<<\  \our  chuich  performances  don";  appe.i!  to  me. 
but  thi^  kind  of  thini:  d<ie-."  .\  little  later  he 
ii.'uided  the  writer  an  en\  elope  ct)ntaininir  one 
hundred  dollar^  v.iih  a  n-te  stating'  that  more 
would  be  forthcoming  '.\  hemwer  any  special  need 
wi'-  made  known. 


A'-, 


-  A- 


It  uc  dca!  o.ily  uith  iiidiv-Miia!-;  while  ttu-  i-r.  < 
(it  fvil  iirtMiii/.f  iIk-  c.iininuiiiT\   to  dcsippy  youih. 
it  is  almost   a-  Dr.  Craft  says      "  l.ikt-  tryine  v> 
make  saints  in  lul!."  '-r  as  '(-yp--:-'  Sinitli  said  in 
C'hicaeii,    it    i--,    '"bcinu'    cnntfiit    id    sint;    hyinn-^ 
within    the   u'lfW    of   stained-t'las-;    windows    with 
hellish   coiiditions   uiuduckt-d   outride."      \\  c  or- 
^'aiiizc  ri'sciK'  missinns  to  reach  the  down- uid-oiit 
men  and  while  we  arc  reaching  the  few.  the  con 
dilions  under  which   such   people  live  and   work, 
are   wreckini:   the    man\-.      ^'et    e\en    wiihm    the 
church   il   is  ottcn   unpopular   to   hght   ortjanized 
vice.      In   a   n<.-\\    western    town   when   a   preacher 
launched   fortli  in   rebuke  of  a  colonv  of  vie.   .i 
prominent  church  member  ■•tepped  up  to  him  a" 
the  close  (jf  the  scr\-icc  and.  shakimr  his  fist  in  hi- 
face,  .said,  "D     -      \oii,  if    you  don't    leave  the^e 
people  alone,  v.  e  will  make  it  so  hc^t  for  \'ou  that 
\ou    will    have   to   eet    our    of    this   place   within 
twentv-four  hours.      We  do  business  with  these 
people  and  our  bread  and  butter  is  in  it."      Such 
men  as  that  are  ipiite  willinu-  for  the  church   to 
act   the   part   of   the  Ciood   Samaritan.      Hut    re- 
ligious revival  f(;r  them  must  not  '^o  to  i!ie  root 
cause  of  social   miser\-   and  suflerintr  if  that   wiil 
in  any  way  disturb  their  rinancial  interests. 

For  all  time  there  will  probably  be  need  for  the 
Ciood  Samaritan  ty(^e  of  eflort.  but  sureU'  we 
cannot  fail  to  see  ihc  need  of  cleaniifj  up  the 
liiirhway  that  is  infested  with  robbers.  If  we  so 
fail,  then  social  service  may  bcc>me  an  effort  to 
heal     the    -ores    of    ua-rini.'    humani"'     without 


A'-. 


'>  A'/--;. ,;,  cnui  Sn   :,t!  Hrt'r 


)»],'V 


sioppinu  the  war.  \\<-  arc  L'<>in.:  to  urrr  nn-ii 
uiiich  is  iiitiih  lirtirr  ttia;  to  r,\:ru,-  ttu-in.  II 
I'.  W  arJ.  tells  ol  a  Ica.lcr  in  anotluT  cl;iircli  ■J'^\v^■! 
;<>  a  iiiiiiisttT  who  wa.  tik'htiiiL'  \ici'  in  his  neigh- 
iH.ihocd  and  saving'.  "Stick  to  your  job  of  preach- 
ing' I  he  L'o~['iK"'  and  that  \-cr\  week  a  dauchlor 
<'f  (lie  ot  tluir  ov.n  families  was  ruinc-d  in  oni- 
'  ■\  till  hon-rs  tlu-  ininisttT  had  bt-cii  si'rkinp  to 
sii)  (■r<-.vs.  \\f  must  not  be  conti-tit  to  attack 
soii;d  e\  \U  rncrcl)  w  iili  sermons  an>i  rescue  homes. 
I  he  f.il!(,uin^'  item  recentU"  appeared  in  a 
panij'hlei  issued  b\  the  Inteiiiational  Reform 
liiiri'an : 


I  he  Stale  which  had  the  t'reatest 
ai,d  most  numerous  reviwnls  durint: 
two  years,  madi'  the  worst  record  of 
a:.}  in  the  subsequent  'emperance 
\oti'  <,f  its  IcL'islature.  If  that  bell 
does  not  rintr  loud  i  ough  to  briii'j 
pastors  and  e\ani:elists  together  for 
earnest  conference  on  how  to  chans^e 
all  that,  till-  more  recent  change  of 
eights  thousand  voles  to  the  bad  in  a 
cit\-  election  after  the  greatest 
modern  re\i\al,  should  sIkjw  that 
something  is  needed  for  Ixntering 
nuiral  conditions  besides  the  evange- 
list's faithful  attacks  on  drink  and 
gambling  and  impurit}'  as  personal 
\  ices. 


Re[ia,ious  RevKoi  and  Si,i  io'  lif'tf-rvrni       ;<) 


There  nuist  he  a  nias>iiitr  of  i!h>  reliirious  force-^ 
sf)  that  united  attack  ma\-  be  made  on  the  umier- 
Kiiit:    cau>es    which    pnjtiuce    such    destruction. 

A  waitress  who  served  tlie  writer  durinir  a 
conference  -f  reli^'ioU'.  workers  in  a  Western 
town,  told  of  her  own  experience  in  earning  hei 
livelihood  aiid  a  part  of  her  statement  i,'iven  in 
her  exact  word^  follows:  "I  worked  in — 'a 
lar^'e  departmental  store)  for  nearly  two  years. 
I  know  a  lot  of  the  ^irls  there  are  bad,  but  they 
do  not  ^el  enouu'h  pay  to  live  decently.  .\I\ 
waees  were  three  dollars  and  fifty  cents  a  week 

for  a   lf)nt,'  time.      .\Iy   next   position   was  at ■ 

(a  well-known  liry  L'oods  firm).  When  they 
L'ave  me  piece  work  I  could  make  fair  waives;  but 
as  soon  as  you  make  good  wai;es,  the  prices  are 
cut  down.  'I'hen  I  went  as  waitress  in  the  — — 
.Apartments.  I  was  put  in  a  dingy,  dirty  little 
room  in  the  basement  or  collar  right  next  to  the 
coal-bin.  The  people  I  waited  on  were  decent 
or  1  would  not  have  stayed;  but  really  life  was  so 
unpleasant  that  if  it  had  not  been  for  my  belief 
in  a  hereafter.  I  would  have  taken  to  a  very 
different  life.  How  would  you  like  to  room  in  a 
cellar  with  blue  mould  on  the  walls  and  things 
in  your    room.^     Than    I    came   west.      I    started 

working  at  the Hotel  over  on  Street. 

I  was  dismissed  because  I  would  not  live  a  fast 
life.  But  realh-.  sir,  nobody  seems  to  ire  very 
much  about  us — there  are  a  good  many  more 
ready  to  pull  you  down  than  to  help  you  up." 


A',, 


,.  ,  A-,     ,..'  .i::J  S  .,  IJ  nnu-nr.-n 


The   iiiciJcnl   i>   l>pical  <jf   riiuiiv    that    tni^'iii    l)i- 
y}\  Ml. 

Now  uliat  tan  the  rcHi.iuii-,ly-rcvi\  cd  do  to 
Ix'ltcr  aiich  coiiditioiis'  The  indi\idual  ntoviiii,' 
alone,  ima^sociatcd  with  hi>  ffllow-worker.  can- 
not aecoini^h'^h  what  an  air'/rc^'atc  of  iiidividualb 
i;ia\-.  V'>r  when  huinan  beini."^  tncr^'e  tojrether 
Ml  a  L'ldiip,  there  is  something.'  iiitinitelv  larger  and 
more  etii.-ctive  ihati  the  same  number  of  people 
working'  alont;  individual  hne>;. 

In  a  t<nvn  of  eiL'tu  thousand  inhabitants  an 
orv'ani/.aiion  ot  wctmcn  was  lorincd  foUowint;  a 
relii'ioui  revi\al.  Quiell\  and  without  an\ 
i'libhc  announcements,  these  women  determined 
that  not  a  j,'irl  in  liiat  town  should  justly  say  she 
was  friendless.  B\'  careful  and  sysienialic  plan- 
ninir,  each  district  had  its  sub-commiltee  so  that 
ever\  liuine  with  L'irl  occupants  was  accounted 
for.  (iirls  coming  to  town  were  quickly  intro- 
duced into  helpful  associations,  uirls  leavlntj  town 
were  cared  for  in  the  same  way  through  corres- 
pniidence.  Through  hospitality  and  serious 
ctFort,  to  |^ro\  ide  happily  for  the  leisure  ot  all  who 
w</uld  avail  themselves  of  the  privileges  otTcred, 
many  a  girl  was  saved  from  tiippancy  or  despair. 
Within  three  month?  five  girls  confessed  that  the 
iielp  given  had  ^aved  them  from  dis^racetul 
\'\\  ing. 

One  who  liad  been  in  a  much  better  po.-.ition 
in  her  !u)me  land  across  the  Atlantic,  told  of  her 
'."iieK  life  in  another  town.  She  had  a  dreary 
:!'iim  that   was  partly  useii  ffir  storage  purposes. 


f\r  I  ii 


A'- 


'I'lifio  u.t-  licvrr  .itr.  X'u\"  h.-  rt-adiim  '»i  rccrca- 
luHi.  Ili-r  Sunda\  ^  vvrrt-  i>!i!>  <iccasM.)nall>'  parti-. 
fitf,  ami  fVfii  these  hrnui^lu  no  toucli  nt  lielit 
into  till'  ;.'l<'<Jii..  '"I  went  inio  every  churclt  ii 
if)Wn  bv  turn,  and  1  can  Imnestly  sa\'  that  durirr.* 
six  months  1  never  rej>'i\eJ  a  frirndl)'  -.wr  i  '  )mi- 
iiicht  I  saw  three  yniinir  men  in  the  \r^Miiii!e  '>t 
the  -  church  and  I  a-;ketl  if  I  could  be  >how;i 
'o  a  :.cat.  Without  sayini:  a  woril."  one  ot  them 
jerked  his  thumb  over  his  shoulder  in  ttic  direc- 
tion of  the  aisle  and  thai  was  ihe  neare.t  approadi 
to  Iricndliness  1  was  sliown.  .\Ian\  a  >iand.iy 
nighl  I  ha\e  ^'one  down  the  street  to  i:i>  louci;. 
iCHjni  with  my  eyes  tilled  with  tears.  Iji:hte  i 
uindovvs  everywhere,  l)ut  not  one  home  into  which 
I  had  been  asked  or  teh  tree  to  >,'o. ' 

To  the  I'residenl  fti  the  or>jaiii/.ation  abovi- 
mentioned  she  spoke  lier  irratitude  for  ihe  kindl\ 
interest  that  had  briirlitened  her  pathway  and 
eicen  her  new  heart  in  her  new  place  of  abode; 
and,  in  turn,  she  /ined  the  forces  for  doin>,'  lor 
<thcr  strangers  what  had  so  trlai^  .len.'d  her  o;vii 
life. 

Tile  t'irls  befriended  b>  sucli  an  ork.'.ini/.alu/U 
-hould  be  led  to  understand  thai  the  interest 
taken  is  a  permanent  and  practical  tliin^:.  \\  here 
injustice  is  suffered,  the  oruanizatic)n  should  seek 
•.actfully  U)  brink!  its  rcmedvini;  influence  to  bear. 
l"or  initance,  one  girl  reported  that  m  the  cloak- 
making  department  in  which  she  worki  i.  tin- 
foreman     was    making    life    wretched     for    some 


i\i . : ;^:iiUj  Ac 


//,',•, 


of   the  v'irl-'       It    there    wa-    re  ^ciitmcii!    •.\c'    ]-.' ^ 
a['pr()achcs,  it  meant  disiiii-^al. 

Ihc  ^.'ciiera!  inana^:cr  «.l  the  i)u>me-.-,  \va->  be- 
ll<\cJ  t,,  l)c  t.jiirteoiis  and  rea>()nable,  arui  after 
liill  aiui  larcUiI  uatherinj;  of  llie  facts,  the  iii- 
t-rmatinn  vva'-  j.'ivcn  if)  two  pr-.iniiiciil  Christian 
t.iti/.en^  wli.)  v\ere  at  lln-  head  of  influential  bodies. 
I  hese  rentleineii  called  upon  the  inanairer  and 
^.vii;^'  tull  particulars  but  wilhholdinL'  name>, 
assured  him  that  if  necessary,  affidavit-,  wtnild  be 
furnished,  but  tfiat  for  obvious  reasons  the  com- 
plainants ','reatly  desired  that  their  names  sh(HiId 
i!Ot  lie  di'-i.l^'cd.  After  kindly  conference,  it  was 
arrecd  that  the  general  manatjer  should  send  a 
letter  to  departmental  mana>;ers  and  foremen 
iliHiU^hout  the  establishmeiir.  ^taiin^'  that  \v!iile 
fie  had  the  fullest  conhdence  in  ino^t  of  his  asso- 
ciates, yet  certain  complaints  had  reached  him 
and  he  trusted  there  would  be  no  further  occasion 
t<;r  such  a  letter  as  he  was  then  sending'.  The 
delej,'ati(jn  was  asked  to  report  aj^'ain  if  the  letter 
divi  no'  brin^  about  the  desired  effect.  For- 
tunate!}-, the  conditions  were  chan^'ed  immediate- 
1}  and  a  letter  was  sent  llie  ^'eneral  manager 
..ssiiriiit:  hini  of  the  deep  >;ralilude  and  sincere 
api^rcci  tion  of  the  complainants  and  wishing 
hini  the  success  such  interest  in  his  einplovees 
deserved. 

While  it  is  a  litt!.  outside  llie  purpose  of  tli',., 
narration  yet  in  view  of  what  has  been  written 
It  is  only  fair  to  sa\-  that  many  manager>  and  fore 


Rfhfir.us  kfir.al  and  Sociaf  HfH^mur'       4^ 


lull  arc  all  that  (.uiiKl  Ik'  dcsircJ  iti  ihcir  ciiu- 
•^idcratioii  of  worki-r^ 

\  ilt-parlmcnt  Miaiiai,'cr  rcceiitl\'  assured  us 
tha'  the  standard  ua'^'c  thn>iii;hout  \\U  firm's 
!nati>  branches,  was  arnpl>-  sutlicicnl  for  thf  needs 
of  the  clerks  and  thai  an  individual  must  be  ad- 
\ancfed  in  salary  if  capable.  As  a  mana;;cr  he 
was  oblipcd  to  make  hii  department  pay  but  not 
at  the  expense  of  insutficienth  remunciated 
assistant-.  "If  we  kimw  an\'  i:irl  to  be  careles- 
as  to  character,  we  deal  as  kindly  with  her  as 
possible  ami  reliable  fcllow-W(jrk(T>  arc  asked  to 
cct  her  into  helpful  association^.  When  a  clerk 
is  sick,  al!  necessary  care  is  furnished,  anvl  ad  ii- 
liona!  financial  assistance  is  >;iven  for  at  least  a 
lew  w  cek-  "' 

In  another  ^tore  where  a  customer  had  brcomo 
.■<nno\etl  at  a  waitress  because  she  declined  his 
Mniiation-  to  visit  him  in  his  boardintj-house 
and  had  thcrcforr  inanifosted  his  displeasure  b\- 
unjust  conij^laint s  icjarduii.'  the  service  rendered, 
the  manager  Lrailanlly  defendcvl  the  t,'irl  and  r<-- 
ijiie>ted  the  man  to  uet  hi^  meals  elsewhere  a< 
tlie\  tlioU',;ht  too  much  of  their  employees  to  ask 
'h'-!n  ^'    wait  oil  m<'!i  ol  h;^  t\  pe 


.s, 


.s.  r  I, 


l.rw'iu-s 


In  ani'tlicr  town,  tollowiny  a  religious  revival, 
a  number  cjf  men  fiirmed  themselves  into  an 
■ 'reani/ation  known  as  "The  Ounmunity  Better- 
ment  League."'      I'dr  \  ears  there  had  been  toier- 


■14 


Hr 


111- 1'/ 


u  r  Rr.  i-<i!  and  .^-      .al  BfU-y^nni! 


alcd  ct-Ttain  social  i-viU,  all  oi  which  were  kimv. ': 
to  I'c  .1  imiiacc  to  the  safctv  of  th*'  yoiilh  of  tha; 
town,  \et  iiothiiij.'  had  been  done  to  put  a  slop  to 
tiiese  evils.  An  auakened  public  conscience 
caused  the  people  to  unite  in  an  etTorl  to  make  it 
ea.Nier  for  the  \(iunp  pcop>lc  to  do  riudit,  and  harder 
to  do  wrc'iiL'.  \\  ilhout  undue  publicit\',  the  local 
situation  uas  considered  and  discussed.  One 
or  two  tact 'ill  men  were  appointed  to  interview 
the  law-breakers.  Quietly  and  wisei\  they  talked 
o\'r  the  lei,'al  and  uK.ral  aspects  of  the  case  with 
ihc>e  law-breakint'  fellow-citi/.cns.  They  ap- 
pealed ;o  them  on  the  grounds  of  good  citi/en^hip 
and  patriotism  and  explained  that  the\  felt  it 
l.ettcr  to  be  abo'/e  board  iti  telling'  them  that  the 
ori.'ani/.atioti  the>'  repre-^ented  meant  bu.--iness  an  1 
■hat  the  town  niu-~t  be  cleared  a^  tar  as  jiossibli' 
•  f  tho-^e  thiifjs  that  were  injurious  to  its  eood 
name.  Without  ain  threatening'.  the\'  inforittid 
iheni  that  tlie\  had  absolute  proof  of  illegal  act< 
.iiid  that  the\  earnesil)'  desired  the  assurance 
that  such  acts  wtjuld  be  discontinued.  The  in- 
terview was  elTcctive. 

()ri.iinaril\'  such  a  course  will  bimu'  about  th(,' 
desired  reform  but  wh.ere  there  is  open  dchance 
or  a  refusal  to  listen  to  reasonable  appeals,  then 
the  law  should  be  \ii:orou>l\  enforced.  It  is  no 
.i!i.'umeiit  against  such  [procedure  to  say  that 
;  eople  cannot  be  made  t:o()d  by  legislation. 
1  here  can  be  no  effective  d.enial  of  th-  fact  that 
a  L'oipd  law  well  enforced  make- e\il  dani^erous  and 


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45 


uiipiotitablf,   and   ihu.^   the   cunimunity   is   made 

morally  safer. 

It  is  a  poor  type  of  evangelism  that  is  indifTeroiit 
to  the  presence  of  civic  abominaiions.  'I'd  he 
deeply  moved  b\  a  religious  revival  is  onl\  of 
permanent  value  as  the  emotions  arc  translated 
into  deeds.  In  still  another  town,  a  different 
type  of  effort  was  productive  of  great  helpfulness. 
Christiin  people  planned  to  give  certain  rescued 
men  a  chance  to  get  a  home  property  of  tlicii 
own.      Here  is  how  it  worked  out  in  one  life. 

The  man  in  question  had  lived  a  godless,  reck- 
less life  for  tiftee-  years.  An  indulged  passion  for 
alcohol  had  ruined  all  his  prospects  and  made  his 
ilwelling  a  place  of  wretchedness  for  the  entire 
family,  flow  fearful  had  been  the  nighth'  home- 
coming to  children  and  mother  for  man\-  a  \  ear. 
When  a  religious  re\ival  was  brought  about,  an 
impression  was  inade  on  this  whiske\ -soaked 
man.  'lo  (jiie  who  took  a  kindly  interest  iti  him, 
he  tearfulh-  confessed  his  own  helplessness  and 
his  longintr  to  have  things  different.  His  burden 
of  sin  was  laid  at  the  foot  of  the  Cross.  New 
friendsiiips  were  provided,  a  position  was  procured 
and  in  a  few  weeks  there  was  a  marked  change 
internalh   and  e.xrernally. 

.After  conferring  with  the  regenerated  man,  a 
small  house  with  enough  garden  to  occup\  use- 
fully many  leisure  hours,  was  procured.  An  agree- 
tneiit  was  drawn  up  giving  the  man  the  pri\ilege 
of  pa\ing  so  much  a  motith  partl>  as  ititerest  on 
the  nione\    ad\anced  and  partly  as  j'avnient  on 


4^        Rfliiiiaus  RevK'd!  and  Sociul  P-''-in 


I  >•; 


the  princip;.!!.  In  case  cif  ^-ickIle-^  or  enforccJ. 
idleness  there  would  be  no  danger  of  !o;s  of  pa\ - 
incnts,  and  rent  day  would  no  lon^'er  hriivj  tlir  "il^ 
I'f  ejectif)n.  The  sense  fif  ownership  brou;^'lu  the 
keenest  interest  and  enthu-iasm  iittfi  the  man's 
life.  Half-liolida)  s  and  evenings  were  devoted 
to  the  improvement  of  the  propert\  and  v.itii 
genuine  pride  he  would  point  out  what  had  been 
done  and  what  was  contemplated.  No  charitv 
had  been  dispensed — the  man  had  only  been 
helped  to  help  himself.  'Ilie  self-respect  which 
he  had  lon^'  since  UiSl  was  n-tored.  and  he  ha> 
now  taken  a  worth\  [dace  in  the  communit\  ^ 
life. 

The  faniiU  .  uhich  gave  ever>  promise  of  br- 
cominp  a  burden  on  society,  i'^  n')w  a  valuable 
asset,  every  one  of  the  seven  rncndicrs  brinein'j 
credit  to  the  home  and  town.  The  simple  answer 
of  the  mother  revealed  much  of  what  had  taken 
place  when  a  former  employer  called  to  see  if  she 
could  d'.>  a  day's  washing,  "joe  d'^esn't  like  me 
to  take  in  washini:  now"  wa>  the  response  uttered 
in  a  tone  of  hund^le  pride.  Dnce.  through  lone 
weary  days  she  had  been  left  to  strugK'le  on  as 
best  she  could  with  a  brutal  husband  that  added 
to  her  burdens  until  with  bod\  and  heart  alike 
well  nigh  broken,  she  had  been  dragged  down  to 
an  indifference  as  tn  the  cleaidiness  or  tidiness  ot 
herself,  her  children  or  her  abode. 

Then  gladly  she  had  confessed  her  jnirpose  to 
live  tlie  new  life  her  husband  had  chosen,  and 
soon  with  soul  and  bodv  alike  rested,    she  joined 


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in  ihc  transformation  of  tlic  home.  It  was  flic 
new  sense  of  the  responsibility  of  man  f^r  man 
brought  about  by  a  rcliijions  rc\ival  that  wronL'ht 
the  social  betterment  in  that  communitv.  "  i^'ar 
ye  one  another's  burdens  and  so  fultill  thr  law  of 
Christ,"  had  been  heard  and  heeded. 

The  Care  of  the  Body 

Zealous  men  sometimes  advise  the  church  \" 
keep  clear  of  anvthinc  that  is  not  '•dcfinirel'. 
spiritual"  and  so  they  wnuld  leave  the  care  of  the 
human  bodv  to  other  or^'anizations.  Vet  onlv 
those  who  have  heard  the  voice  of  the  One  who 
taujrht  His  followers  the  infinite  value  of  the 
bodv,  can  realize  its  possibilities  as  the  temple  of 
the  Holy  Cihost.  If  it  is  no  concern  to  us  what  is 
the  phvsical  CDndition  of  those  about  us,  we  are 
certainly  not  following  the  example  of  Him  whom 
we  call  Nlaster. 

Look  at  the  poor  emaciated  toilers  m  some 
city  attics!  Sec  the  bloodless  faces  old  the  sad 
despairing  eyes'.  Life  is  for  some  of  them  an 
hourlv  strue^'lc  for  bread.  The  body  is  never 
really  fit  for  I'fe's  task^.  No  wonder  many 
succumb  to  evil.  They  arc  so  physically  enfeebled 
that  the  power  of  re^' stance  has  almost  Rone. 
Is  it  any  wonder  that  looking  upon  the  well- 
dressed,  well-fed  church  poers,  some  of  whom 
have  been  enriched  bevond  their  needs,  the  half- 
starved,  pcjorh-clothed,  badly-housed  toiler  fecis 


Rt'Hw'U^  A''-''' <■•' 


(-;).■(/ 


S'.(  ia!  B'U-nrry 


Mttc-r.uss  of  sririt  hccau..:  ncmc  <,f  these  r -.fc^-^- 
Mip  Christians  ^eeiii   tn  <.arc. 
•"^'iWttalk,..  tneabou,   reh.Mon.  there  a,n 

a,n  ••  'I  hese  uouK  \vere  spoken  a  fea  year^  a.o 
u,-a  student  missionary  by  a  sewinuwomar^nw 

\,.^^  Yr,rk  imennnt  houve.  It  was  the  h.si 
;  ;.;,  ,.f  „.  kind  that  she  had  had  lnr  several  yrar^. 
-V  never  reM."  she  continued.  -  m)  tinkers  are 
.,, I  rroSne:   l-vc   never  asked    for   a   cent    hut 

v,l,at    I've   ear.ud.      A    few   vear.    a^o     wuh    th 
,,,,P  of  the  chiKhen.    1    u-ed  ,o  he  able  to  n>a    c 
'    dollar   a    dav,    .nd    ^^.■   ..'t    alon.   prettv    we! 
,hen    prices   uere   cut    doun   and   \v  c   made   -.nU 
•,e,v    cents:    then    ei.htv-f^ve   and   -^'^v.    •- 
now  all   we  can   make  workuv.   ai   least    (.unecn 
hours  a  dav  is  seventv-hve  cent;.      I  used  to  sa 
'It's  Cod's  world,      lie^   runninu'   tlnnes^  and  u 
nu.st  be  all    riuht    sonulu.u  :'  but   1  cUm  i     now; 
ihinirs  aren't  ritdit."  , 

1hen  those  eves  that  were  sunk  far  mto  th. 
sockets,  flashed' up-"  'he  visitor  as  wuh  voue 
,ren>blin^  with  minded  pathos  and  an,-er  m  e 
.aicU  "there  are  men  uho  chuckle  when  tluv 
f,nd"a  new  w.^  of  bleedin.'  a  cent  out  c>f  a  starvmu 
^^oman  and  her  children.  What  do  the  churclRs 
care  about  us.  except  to^wear  some  of  the  tialt- 
paid-for  thin<.'S  we  make."         ,  ,        ,  i 

The  condemnation  was  not  alto^'Other  de_ser^cd, 
but  it  is  one  instance  out  of  many  that  nu^-ht  be 
^Mven  showinir  the  eulf  that  has  come  between 
some  jx'ople  and  the  church. 


Rr/{r 


I'lUS 


Rr 


•  Hr. 


4') 


(t  is  bcyoiul  all  Ji^[■lltt•  iba'.  the  straicL'ic  j  itiii; 
ill  the  contest  against  wicktHiiicss.  i-  in  the  inoiloni 
greal  city.  Here  the  revoUuion-;  arc  bred;  here 
the  faces  of  the  po(*r  are  utien  L'lound;  here  mav 
be  found  the  modern  Shylocks  with  their  curbed 
sweatshops;  here  ri-^e^  the  bitter  cry  oi  the  un- 
employed, and  the  wail  nf  the  thousand'^  who 
receive  httle  more  tlian  st.trvaMon  wages.  True. 
some  of  these  are  more  the  victims  of  their  ou  n 
>inful  folly  than  of  the  injustice  of  othef^,  but  a 
\asi  number  of  these  sin-mauled  and  povert\j 
marked  }^cople  have  not  had  a  ''square  deal." 
.\!ui  because  ever\  thouphitu!.  optimistic  man 
must  feel  that  the  hope  of  humanity  is  in  the 
salvation  oi  these  people  the  Church  must  f.-ce 
her  responsibility  in  this  matter. 

Is  it  an  exaggerated  stc.  .ment  when  (me  saNj^. 
"Slaughter  marks  t  lie  course  uf  modern  industry"? 
1  low  many  deaths  in  factories,  shops,  and  niine< 
have  been  caused  h\  the  per.uriousness  of  com- 
[^aiiics  and  other  economic  injustices.  Only 
under  the  compulsion  of  the  'jovernment  have 
some  corporations  L'i\cii  e\en  ordinary  protection 
to  their  workmen. 

( 'r  think  of  the  record  <  >f  adulterated  foods'. 
JMiiincnt  phy>ician>  -tate  that  throut'h  unht 
food  by  far  more  babies  h.ive  been  -lain  than 
are  thrown  into  the  (Kiiiire--. 

.\  shipwreck  with  the  '-.icritice  of  one  tlmu^aiid. 
si.\  hundred,  and  thirtv -hve  lives  wa-  spectacular 
and  terribh-  trai:ic  a  world  was  thrilled  with 
he  wires   flashed   amund   the  L'hibe 


s()rro\".    w  nen  * 


;o 


Rrlv.'iuu^  Rr.ra!  a;ul  Social  liettrrmeut 


,hc  .lorv  of  the  cii-ustcr.  \c^  the  health  hulleluY 
,dl  u^  that  in  ihc-  rnitrcl  State.  ..nc  thousand. 
,.^c•n  hundred,  and  ei.'hty  lives  are  lost  every 
d  .V  hv  preventable  diseases,  and  ntany  thousands 
a^e  bearinu  their  burden  of  unnecessary  pain  and 
so  are  rendered  unf^t  for  life  s  battle.  Surelv  the 
sacrihce  of  these  one  th.n.sand.  seven  hundred, 
;uk1  eighty  lives  daily  is  not  less  tra-jic  even  though 
not  as  spectacular. 

In  a  Canadian  citv  duruv.  .  recent  summer 
month,  eighteen  thousand,  nine  hundred  and 
seventv-four  pounds  of  n>eat  anU  hsh  betj 
ofTcrcd  for  sale,  was  confiscated  as  absoluteh 
unfit  for  food.  Milk  t-.  the  quantity  of  two 
thousand,  one  hundred,  and  fifty  quarts  was  also 
reiectcd.  ^'ct  the  inspectors  do  iiot  by  an% 
,„cans  discover  al!  such  ctTorts  lo  make  money  at 
tlie  expense  of  the  murder  of  the  innocent 

'rhe  human  bodv  i^  the  masterpiece  of  C-od  s 
creuive  power,  and  relieious  revival  oujrht  to 
„„.an  a  revival  of  interest  in  (K.ds  suhlimest 
uork  To  attempt  to  break  lite  up  into  sections 
and  label  one  secular  and  the  other  sacred  and  to 
seek  to  perpetuate  such  a  division  is  to  prevent 
,he  answer  to  the  praver.  "Thy  u.H  be  done  . .11 
c-arth  as  it  i>  in  heaven. 

Hut  the  better  dav  i^  dawnmu.  Conservation 
is  one  of  this  centurvV  bit'  words  that  has  been 
applied  tc..  exclusively  to  natural  resources  such 
.,'  timber  limit,  and  mines.  P.ut  of  how^  httk 
value  these  natural  assets  would  be  apart  from  a 
,ace    of    honest,    industrious    men    and     women. 


Reli'O'nis  Rcviiai  ard  S'm'.uI  Hrrirwru: 


^l 


So  earnot  workers  arc  M'ckini:  lo  emphasize  the 
value  of  persons.  The  coiiser\'ation  ot  orphans, 
of  children  who  are  well-iuirh  cur^cd  with  parents 
who  are  incapable,  mean-  that  such  handicapped 
and  ncKifcted  ones  ma>  have  an  opportunit\-  to 
develop  into  healthful,  useful  men  and  women. 
Homes  there  are  in  which  the  atmosphere  is  so 
vice-and-crime  producine  that  the  -.iTspriiiL'  are 
rohhed  of  moral  ideas  and  ideals. 


Care  of  the  (Ihild 

In  the  I'niled  States,  two  and  one  (juarter 
million  children  under  tifteeii  years  of  a^e  are 
employed  in  various  ways.  There  are  murderous 
dwellings  in  which  every  member  of  the  family 
ilown  lo  three  years  of  age,  is  enlisted  in  work 
Children  of  three  years  can  and  do  straighten 
out  tobacco  leaves  and  assist  in  the  making  of 
artificial  flowers.  .At  four  years  of  age,  they  can 
put  covers  on  paper  boxc>.  At  rive  and  si.x  they 
are  able  to  sew  on  button>.  At  eight  to  twelve 
many  girls  are  engaecd  in  hnishing  trousers. 
Sometimes  the  bargains  for  which  people  scramble 
are  the  product  of  these  little  oppressed  lives. 
Medical  examinatif)n  has  made  it  very  plain  that 
wherever  children  have  been  made  to  work  during 
these  tender  \ears,  they  were  found  to  be  physi- 
cally inferior  to  those  who  were  not  robbed  of 
their  heritage. 

One  who  has  studied  child  life  in  the  ctties  has 
written  the  following'  pathetic  linc^: 


Rfli'ji'iiis  R.  :  i.ti.  an  J  S 


ill  III. 


lit-twrmt-nt 


Sec  you  not  li'iu   the  uiM  rose 
weeps   unki^^cd. 
Ami  how  thr  violets  frMin  ihc  hill- 
side fade 
While  child   lip^   wither  in    the 
factory  smoke, 
I  I'.w  the  brook  creeps  away  to  soivj- 
Icss  death 
l\ir  the  lost  dance  of  child  eyes 
hound  to  wlieels"' 

Plav  is  the  child's  hirthriu'ht.  Vet  only  re- 
centlv  did  towns  and  cities  be;  ;  t()  think  of 
adequatelv  providini:  for  the  p.ay  life  of  the 
child.  The  social  wreckaire  that  involves  so 
much  effort  to-dav.  inav  be  lessened  by  more 
ihouuht  and  work  in  behalf  of  the  boys  and  lmtIs. 
and  it  is  far  better  -i--  erect  the  fence  above  the 
precipice  than  to  have  tlte  ambulance  below. 
|')etler  to  savr  than  to  rt-scuf. 

The  citv  of  Chicaeo  had.  up  to  U)\i,  spent 
thirteen  m'illion  dollars  on  playu'tounds  and  those 
who  are  able  to  speak  whh  authority  say  no 
better  investment  was  ever  made.  In  1916  the 
same  citv  spent  one  million  dollars  for  a  like 
purpose.'  Durinc  that  vear.  three  hundred  aiid 
hftv-six  thousand,  t^ve  hundred  and  forty-eight 
pr.'.i^le    used    the    Seward    Park    croup    of    play- 


•jr<  >unil 


'he  cost  of  the  maintenance  of  tltis 
..,-ou'>  was  iwenl\-two  thousand  dollars  \vhich 
meant  a  co<t  <■(  ^ix  ceni>  per  individual  Ihe 
\l-fistiates    in    the    diMiicts    state    that    the    de- 


Rfliti^^-<-'  1^'   -••''•'  ^"'''  •'''"'  "^'  /^'■■■'■^"•''"' 


crease  in  crime  resultant  from  the  Park  svsteiu  i^ 

thirtv  per  cent.  •   i  i    ., 

Relipious  revival  accr.mr^iniea  by  social  better- 
ment in  our  towns  and  cities  ouL-ht  also  U.  mean 
a  far-siL'hted  policv  of  open  spaces  and  parks; 
and  in  the  meantime  evervthint  possible  should 
be  done  to  at  least  alleviate  the  conditions  and  to 
leach  these  children  of  unequal  opporiumtv  h.nv 
bv  and  bv  to  earn  theirbread.  and  thus  avoid  the 
inefhciencv  of  later  years,  which  is  the  cause  ot 
so  much   unemployment    and  poverty   and   even 

of  crime.  , 

An    honest    community    must    discharge    i> 
obligation  to  such  children  as  these  whose  whole 
view  of  life  has  become  through   their   parents 
sin.  or  throuph  social  injustice,  perverted. 

Ministering  to  the  li'hole  of  Life 

In  some  towns  and  cities  cfTorts  are  now  beintr 
made  which  seem  destined  more  effectively  to 
relate  the  church's  work  to  the  practical  problems 
and  needs  of  men.  One  report  from  a  city  in  the 
United  States  tells  how  earnest  workers  are  seek- 
ing to  meet  the  "terribly  serious  situation  an  J 
10  touch  the  crowds  that  the  church  had  in  former 
vears  practicallv  failed  to  reach.  NIen  ^  and 
women  "are  gettint:  a  new  cMiccption  o.  the 
si,mincance  of  the  (Jospel."  Clean  amusements 
and  educational  oppc^tunities  are  abundanilv 
furnished.  There  are  manv  meetinL's;  but  meet- 
ings are  onlv  a  part  of  the  work,  and  the  et!ort  to 


Ri-li'iinua  Ri-Aval  and  Social  Bfttfrmfnt 


tc.utli  these  people  al  every  point  in  their  hvcs, 
seven  davs  in  the  week  is  bein^  successful.  Hie 
niiiiistrv'of  mercy  is  to  become  as  penetrating  as 
sin  and  sorrow,  so  that  no  one  shall  truthfully 
sav,  "no  man  careth  for  my  soul." 

Such  work  as  this,  and  of  other  organizations 
and  institution;:  is  not  a  substitute  for  salvaMon 
hv  faith  in  Christ,  but  it  is  an  expression  of  this 
salvation  as  a  demonstration  to  the  world  that  kc 
are  indeed  His  disciples. 


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